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Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Billy Watkins
Издательство: Praeger Publishers
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 0275987027
Количество страниц: 224
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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"After reading Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes, you'll realize how little we all know about those who made the small steps and giants leap possible. " Robert Pearlman, CollectSpace.com, member of the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation Board of Directors "Journalist Watkins takes advantage of decades of close attention as he recounts the stories of some of the thousands of men and women who made getting to the moon their daily work and uncanny passion. He includes the story of a publicist who lobbied for a television camera on Apollo 11, without which we would not have seen Neil Armstrong take that step, specialists on signal-jamming USSR submarines and lightning, and the lucky folks who got to design the Moon Rover. It is clear Watkins would like to acknowledge the efforts of all (picking just 14 must have been agonizing) but those appearing here are truly representative of a breed of scientist and engineer whose pie-in-the-sky thinking actually worked." SciTech Book News "This book is 'new news' to all those who followed Apollo--including me. It not only captures the sense of team spirit and a desire to assure success, but it really brings out the human interest side of the program and highlights the contributions of those removed from the 'firing line.' It's a winner!" Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut "Open up the pages of Watkins' in-depth view of the unsung heroes of the Apollo mission, and you will get a clear idea of why the Apollo Program was so successful. Meet the people behind the scenes of our journey to the moon as Billy Watkins magnificently portrays the human dedication of many people to achieve man's greatest adventure." Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut "Every story as a heart and a soul, and Billy Watkins hands these rich gifts to the reader with respect and perspective." Lynne Russell "I met Billy just prior to the Columbia tragedy. After one conversation I realized that this was not your typical 'hometown' reporter but someone who could ask me questions regarding Human Spaceflight three or four layers deep and from a historical sense knew more about NASA's accomplishments than I did. Over the years, Billy has become a trusted personal friend and someone I trust to tell the personal side of this highly technical business. I am sure you will enjoy this historical account of the Apollo era." Bill Parsons "Billy Watkins's book is celebration of the devotion of those who worked on the Apollo program. It is a welcome reminder of a single-minded devotion to duty. Our thanks are due to all those who took America to the Moon. This book helps to spotlight some of their stories." Roger D. Launius, former NASA Chief Historian "Watkins has done a great service to space history specifically, and this cultural experiment we call late 20th century America, by giving us fourteen glimpses into the lives of the unsung heroes behind the Apollo mission... |
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Астрономическая мозаика |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Ф.Ю. Зигель
Издательство: Наука
Год издания: 1987
Количество страниц: 176
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
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Рассказ о некоторых малоизвестных эпизодах из истории астрономии, а также об удивительных открытиях, сделанных в последние годы. Читатель узнает, например, об известном популяризаторе астрономии Камилле Фламмарионе, о метеорите «Палласово железо», о хвосте Земли, о пылевых кольцах вокруг некоторых звезд.
Уделяется внимание проблеме природы комет, проблеме скрытой массы, особенностям планет, спиральной структуре Галактик и удивительному антропному принципу.
Для самого широкого круга лиц, интересующихся проблемами астрономии. |
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Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Richard W. Orloff, David M. Harland
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0387300430
Количество страниц: 633
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the development of an enormous rocket. Development was protracted, but in December 1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a pioneering mission to perform an initial reconnaissance in lunar orbit. When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon in December 1972, the program was concluded. Now, at long last, there is a real prospect of a resumption of human exploration of the Moon.
This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and programme-makers on radio and TV. It supplements tha other books that have focused on the politics and management of the Apollo program, the astronauts, and their training and exploits. |
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Mars: From Myth and Mystery to Recent Discoveries |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Markus Hotakainen
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 0387765077
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This book tells the story of Mars since the dawn of mankind's curiosity for celestial wonders and the ancient beliefs through the revolution in our concepts of the cosmos around us in the 1600's to the present day knowledge and beyond, all the way to the futuristic visions of science fiction and terraformed Mars with conditions suitable to Earth life. It also tells the story of Martian “life”: pluralistic view of the 1700's with all the bodies of the Solar System being thought to be inhabited, certainty on the existence of Martian civilization in the end of the 1800's and the beginning of the 1900's based on the observations of canals, the sudden “death” of Mars in the 1960's due to the images sent back by the first space probes, and the resurrection in the 1990's and 2000's due to the controversial findings in Martian meteorite ALH84001 and ever-increasing evidence for the watery and possibly more temperate past of Mars. All this is told in a very readable form with no math nor terminology only the experts in the field are familiar with. The up-to-date text is supported by both informative imagery and a simple, but inspiring layout with some special features like a “flip movie” of the rotation of Mars and a very illustrative comparison of the distances of the Martian satellites versus the distance of our Moon from their respective parent planets.
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Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: S. Hasan, R. J. Rutten
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 3642028586
Количество страниц: 548
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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These are the proceedings of the conference on Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun held December 2-5, 2008, which was planned to coincide with the centenary of the discovery of the Evershed effect at Kodaikanal in 1909. The aim of this meeting was to bring a critical focus to the comprehensive understanding of the important issues pertaining to solar magnetism, with particular emphasis on the various MHD processes that operate in the solar atmosphere. The participants reviewed the current status of magnetic field measurements and their implications with regard to recent theories and numerical models that address the fundamental scales and processes in the highly magnetized, turbulent plasma. The conference also provided a platform for in-depth discussions of new results from various space missions, as well as a comparison with ground-based observing facilities such as the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope.
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The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Jingquan Cheng
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0387887903
Количество страниц: 634
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This book presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design. It provides a general introduction to every aspect of telescope design. It also discusses the theory behind telescope design in depth, which makes it a good reference book for professionals. It covers Radio, Infrared, Optical, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray wavelengths. Originally published in Chinese. |
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The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas: A Pocket Field Guide (Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Don Spain
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 038787609X
Количество страниц: 260
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Here is a lunar atlas designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers. Its title – The Six-inch Lunar Atlas – refers both to the aperture of the telescope used to make the images in the book, and also to the book’s physical size: so it’s perfect for fitting into an observer’s pocket!
The author’s own lunar photographs were taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope and CCD camera, and closely match the visual appearance of the Moon when viewed through a modest (3-inch to 8-inch) telescope. (Depending on seeing, of course.) Each picture is shown oriented "as the Moon really is" when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by exquisite computer sketches that list the main features. Two separate computer sketches are provided to go with each photograph, one oriented to appear as seen through an SCT telescope (e.g. the Meade and Celestron ranges), the other oriented for Newtonian and refracting telescopes. It is worth commenting that most observers find it extremely difficult to identify lunar features when using a conventional atlas and SCT telescope – the human brain is very poor at making "mirror-image" visual translations.
There is a page of descriptions for the salient features in each photograph.
Finally, an index at the end of the book lists all the features identified, and gives their approximate height, depth and for crater, diameter. |
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Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Robert W. Schunk, Andrew F. Nagy
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0521877067
Количество страниц: 628
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This combination of text and reference book describes the physical, plasma and chemical processes controlling the behavior of ionospheres, upper atmospheres and exospheres. It summarizes the structure, chemistry, dynamics and energetics of the terrestrial ionosphere and other solar system bodies, and discusses the processes, mechanisms and transport equations for solving fundamental research problems. This second edition incorporates new results, model developments and interpretations from the last 10 years. It includes the latest material on neutral atmospheres; the terrestrial ionosphere at low, middle and high latitudes; and planetary atmospheres and ionospheres, where results from recent space missions have yielded fresh data. Appendices outline physical constants, mathematical formulas, transport coefficients, and other important parameters for ionospheric calculations. This is an essential resource for researchers studying ionospheres, upper atmospheres, aeronomy and plasma physics.
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Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, control and navigation (Elsevier Astrodynamics) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Kyle Alfriend, Srinivas Rao Vadali, Pini Gurfil, Jonathan How, Louis Breger
Издательство: Butterworth-Heinemann
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0750685336
Количество страниц: 352
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Spacecraft formation flying (SFF) is of huge importance to the aerospace and space community. Not the stuff of science-fiction, SFF involves flying multiple small satellites together, to deliver benefits which far outweigh a single larger craft or space station. The first autonomous formation flying earth science mission was in 196 and NASA now has 35 SFF mission sets. By networking several smaller and cheaper craft, scientists can make simultaneous measurements that enable higher resolution astronomical imagery, provide robust and fault-tolerant spacecraft system architectures, and enable complex earth science and space science networks dispersed over clusters of satellites in space.
This is the first book to introduce and explore SFF. It is a topic of enormous importance to aerospace engineers, astrodynamicists, satellite engineers, astronomers, physicists, and applied mathematicions. This book provides a complete introduction to the subject and is supported by graduate level student exercises plus Matlab and Maple code sets for running SFF simulations.
The first book dedicated to spacecraft formation flying which is the enabling element of distributed spacecraft systems
Written by the leading researchers and teachers in the field; perfect for research and graduate students
Accompanied by Matlab and Maple code sets and exercises for graduate level students of aerospace science, astrodynamics and orbital mechanics |
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Explore the Solar System!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments (Explore Your World series) |
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Категория: Научно-познавательная литература, Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Anita Yasuda
Издательство: Nomad Press
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1934670367
Количество страниц: 96
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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From a space shuttle fashioned out of a lemonade carton and felt to a Mars rover made from a cereal box and juice cans, the variety of imaginative projects in this resource can be built with simple everyday classroom and household items. Surrounding these activities are fun facts, illustrations, and related information on each space topic—all of which meets curriculum standards for early elementary science. For young students, their families, and teachers, this expedition through the galaxy is a perfect method for introducing astronomy in a way that also stimulates creativity and curiosity.
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